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w123kid

andygb wrote: »

Firstly, all manufacturers are having problems with DMF's, some at ridiculously low mileages and within warranty.
Not many makes still use timing chains, because they are noisy in comparison to belts. Most cars with belts need them changing every 3 years or 36K miles, due to many belts snapping inside of the manufacturers advised schedule.
If somone is doing 10K miles a year, and running a petrol car which does 35MPG, then the savings in fuel costs alone on a 55MPG diesel (and tax and insurance) make a diesel a worthwhile choice.

so is diesel a resonable saver ont he $ front? even for my needs?

jase1

andygb wrote: »

Firstly, all manufacturers are having problems with DMF's, some at ridiculously low mileages and within warranty.
Not many makes still use timing chains, because they are noisy in comparison to belts. Most cars with belts need them changing every 3 years or 36K miles, due to many belts snapping inside of the manufacturers advised schedule.
If somone is doing 10K miles a year, and running a petrol car which does 35MPG, then the savings in fuel costs alone on a 55MPG diesel (and tax and insurance) make a diesel a worthwhile choice.

I didn't say that DMF problems aren't widespread -- I said there were plenty of cars that don't use them.

Which new engine design exactly uses belts? a few French manufacturers and maybe VW but that's about it. Each new model of engine that comes along seems to reduce the number of belts by one.

The last belt-driven two cars I've owned (Ford and Mitsubishi) had 56,000 mile and 100,000 intervals. Both of these manufacturers have moved to chains for their newer petrol engines. It's only really GM garbage that has 36,000 mile belt change intervals -- and you're best avoiding them anyway as they have a load of other problems.

Things like DMFs, and DPFs, are diesel problems. Even cars with DMF that have petrol engines don't generally have problems with them.

You seem to be coming at this from a French diesel perspective and assuming that all the petrol cars are the same.

forgotmyname

£1000 on a diesel car. As long as its something old with none of the millions of sensors modern cars have.

The injectors on my car are £600+ each when new. So 4 of those from a dealer costs more than your budget, Then theres the charge to program them.
Decent reconditioned ones are around £150 each. So still £600 + coding.

Cheap budget reconditioned ones which may or may not work £100 or so, From the forums it seems they rarely work.

Petrol cars are generally more reliable, Less to go wrong these days. I had the MK3 petrol mondeo and it needed oil changes and the brakes/tyres thats it in 4 years. Chain driven so no silly rubber bands.